Friday, March 29, 2013

SABL probe team hits back at O’Neill

Source: The National, Thursday, March 28, 2013

THE Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the special agriculture
business leases (SABL) was yesterday described as “unfair, unwarranted
and premature” the criticism its interim report received from the
government and parliament this week.
And commissioners John Numapo, Alois Jerewai and Nicholas Mirou have
challenged the government to table its interim report in parliament and
let the public judge their work.
The commission expressed its disappointment in a media conference
yesterday over criticisms levelled at it by Prime Minister Peter
O’Neill, Attorney-General Kerenga Kua and some MPs in parliament on
Tuesday, alleging high cost and inadequate work.
Numapo told the media: “We consider the criticism as premature and
unwarranted as we understood the interim report has not been formally
tabled in parliament for debate and comments.
“Besides, the report is only an interim report and we think that the
criticism at this point in time is unfair, especially when the final
report covering the entire inquiry with all our findings and
recommendations is yet to be presented.”
He explained that the final report would include a recap of the interim
report, individual reports and findings on each of the 77 SABLs and a
final recommendation covering the entire inquiry.
He promised the final report would be ready by the end of next month.

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